Combined mop and brush holder



April 1, 1930. w. A. SMITH COMBINED MOPAND BRUSH HOLDER Filed June 6, 1928 Patented Apr. 1, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALTER A. SMITH, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STOVER MANUFACTURING & ENGINE 00., OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, A COREORA'IIGN OF ILLINOIS COMBINED MOP AND BRUSH HOLDER Application filed June 6, 1928. Serial No. 283,154.

This invention relates to combined mop and brush holders especially adapted for household use, cleaning implements of this kind being constructed for interchangeable use of either a brush or a swab or cleaning cloth. The present invention has more particular reference to implements of this kind attached to the end of stick handle and equipped with a clamping bail adapted for clamping and holding either a brush or the cleaning swab.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an improved brush holding means which will give a more rigid and durable support for the brush.

Another Object is to provide a brush holding part and a mop head aw part each preferably in the form of a one-piece sheet metal stamping adapted to be quickly and easily assembled. This greatly facilitates the manufacture and enables economy in the cost of production.

Still another object is to provide a brush holding part so constructed that it will be held in position on the mop head jaw by the handle spindle when the latter is inserted into its socket. The brush holding part is further shaped so that it has wide seat on the jaw and has brush engaging parts in spaced relation.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. combined mop and brush holder embodying my invention, showing a brush clamped by the holder;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the mop head end of the implement with the brush removed;

Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the implement;

Figs. 4 and 5 are sections taken on the lines 44 and 55 respectively of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the brush holding part.

The mop head comprises a suitable stationary jaw designated generally by 7 having a notch 8 in each end for guiding the sides of a clamping bail designated generally by 9 and having angular wings 10 providing a groove for the reception of the clamping portion 11 of the bail and also serving to hold the cleaning swab (not shown) when the latter is wings 14 to facilitate turning. This sleeve is rotatable on the spindle 15 of the handle stick 16. The terminal end of the spindle seats in a socket on the jaw 7 and is suitably fixed thereto. By rotating the sleeve 13 the bail may be clamped and released as will be obvious. The parts above described are of conventional construction.

According to my invention the brush is clamped bet-ween lugs 15 or the equivalent on the bail and a part designated generally by 16 attached to the mop head jaw 7. The part 16 is preferably a one-piece stamping shaped to provide one or more brush holding lugs 17 and a broad base 18 adapted to seat against the jaw 7 and to be firmly attached thereto.

In the preferred embodiment the part 16 has a semi-circular portion 19 which extends through an opening in the jaw 7 to serve as part of the spindle socket. Thus when the spindle is inserted into the socket it will engage the socket portion 19 and hold the base part 18 of the brush holding part firmly against the jaw. In the preferred embodiment illustrated herein the part 16 has two spaced arms 20 bent up from the base portion so 18 and also has two semi-circular strap portions 21 pressed laterally from said base portion at the ends of the strap portion 19. In fact the base portion is composed of the centrally disposed strap portions 19 and 21 and narrow flat portions 22 extending the full length of the base portion which seat against the The opening in the jaw through which the socket portion 19 is inserted is formed by pressing a similar semi-circular strap portion 23 laterally from the jaw piece. and the socket is completed by an oppositely pressed semi-circular strap portion 24 and a socket portion 25. It will be manifest that the socket portion 19 nests into the strap pOrtion 23 and that the strapportions 21 are complemental to and fit over the socket portions 24 and 25. Thus when the handle spindle is inserted in the socket in the manner shown in Fig. 5 the brush holding part will be firmly seated on the jaw. Suitable means such as a nail 26 passed through the strap portions 21 and 24 and into the spindle as shown in Fig. 5 serves to retain the spindle from displace ment.

From the foregoing it will be manifest that when assembling the mop head it is only necessary to position the brush holding part on the jaw with the socket portion 19 located in the strap portion 23 of the jaw and then to insert the handle spindle in the socket. The handle spindle then retains the brush holding part in position. When used as a brush holder the brush will be engaged between the lugs 15 on the bail and 17 on the arms 20, thus providing spaced points of sup port at both sides oi the brush. By drawing the bail upwardly in the clamping action the brush will be clamped with considerable force between the lugs and thus will be very securely held in position; in fact the brush is held so solidly that it is impossible to dislodge it even with the most severe usage.

It should be noted that the one-picce mop head jaw disclosed herein constitutes a separate invention claimed in my copending application the advantages of which accrue to the present case. The present invention is not however, dependent on a one-piece jaw but might be used with any form of mop head jaw having the necessary cooperating features of construction. Furthermore the form of bail operating means shown herein is merely for purpose of illustration and any suitable means may be employed for this purpose.

I claim as my invention:

1. A combined mop and brush holder having a mop head jaw provided with a handle spindle socket formed by semi-circular strap portions pressed in opposite directions from the jaw, and a brush holding part adapted to seat against the jaw having se1nicircular strap portions complemental to those of the aw.

2. A combined mop and brush holder having a mop head jaw provided with a handle spindle socket formed by semi-circular strap portions pressed in opposite directions from the aw, and a brush holding partadapted to seat against the aw having semi-circular strap portions complemental to those of the jaw, the strap portions being so arranged that the brush holding part will be retained in position on the jaw by insertion of the handle spindle in the socket formed by such strap portions.

3. As an article of manufacture, a brush holder part for a mop head comprising a one-piece stamping having a base portion and turned up ends. each end terminating in a brush holding lug, the base portion being centrally formed to provide oppositely eX- tending semi-circular strap portions.

4. As an article of manufacture, a brush holder part for a mop head comprising a one-piece stamping having a base portion adapted to seat against the mop head jaw, brush engaging means turned up from one side of the base portion, and a semi-circular socket portion pressed from the base portion in the opposite direction and adapted to be engaged by the handle spindlewhen assembled on the mop head.

5. A combined mop and brush holder comprising a mop head jaw having spaced semicircular socket portions pressed from one side and an intermediate semi-circular strap portion pressed from the opposite side, a brush holder part adapted to seat on the jaw having semicircular portions pressed from opposite sides complemental to those on the jaw so that the central strap portion of the brush holder part seats in the complemental strap portion on the jaw, and a handle having a spindle inserted in the socket formed by said semi-circular portions and serving to retain the brush holder part on the aw.

(3. A combined mop and brush holder having a mop head jaw and a brush holder part each formed of a one-piece stamping and each shaped to provide a socket portion, the two socket portions being arranged to interengage to form a socket for the reception of the handle spindle, and a handle having its spindle inserted into the socket and serving by engugen'ient with the socket portion of the brush holder part to hold such part in position on the aw.

In witness of the foregoing I afiix my sig nature.

WALTER A. SMITH. 

